Carrion
Carrion (from the Latin "caro", meaning "meat") refers to the dead and decaying flesh of an animal.
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Famous quotes containing the word carrion:
“Not, Ill not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee:”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (18441889)
“So every journey that I make
Leads me, as in the story he was led,
To some new ambush, to some fresh mistake:
So every journey I begin foretells
A weariness of daybreak, spread
With carrion kisses, carrion farewells.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
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